US EditionAussie Vine back on podium at Tour de Romandie
- Joao Almeida won the overall Tour de Romandie on Sunday after finishing second in the final 17.1km time trial in Geneva.
- Almeida started the last stage three seconds behind race leader Lenny Martinez, who had claimed the Alpine mountain-top stage the day before.
- Remco Evenepoel won the flat time trial stage with a time of 20 minutes 33 seconds, extending his return from injury while Almeida finished 12 seconds behind in second place.
- Evenepoel said, "I was mainly focusing on today's stage" and expressed patience since he has more than two months until the Tour de France.
- Almeida's victory edged Martinez into second, while Australian Jay Vine secured third overall after a strong final time trial and a podium return following last year's crash.
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The Tour de Romandie ended with the victory of Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). The final stage, a time trial around Geneva, was won by Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), with Almeida second, 11 seconds behind.
The Portuguese cyclist was only the second fastest in the decisive time trial, but he took advantage of the mountain advantage and won the Tour of Romandie, the second victory of the year after the Basque Country.
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Almeida wins Tour de Romandie as Evenepoel claims closing time trial
Joao Almeida grabbed overall victory in the Tour de Romandie on Sunday when he finished second to Remco Evenepoel in the closing time trial in Geneva. “The goal was to win the race,” Almeida said. “What counts is the last day, right?” The day before, Almeida lost a mountain-top duel to Frenchman Lenny Martinez, a specialist climber, in an Alpine stage. Entering Sunday’s time trial, Martinez led Italian Lorenzo Fortunato by two seconds and Portug…
Portugal's Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has won the Tour de Romandie, a cycling world series, after Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) won the final stage of today's time trial around Geneva.
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